The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-06-18

Now, W don't mean the great bust
mes hustle which helongs TO the early
fall and winter trade, nor the great
hustle Of the hummlng and whirling
mArts Of manufacturing energy. We
moan the great hustle Of modern fash
Ion.
Nothing has oatstzipped the hustle in
its gigantic stride for prodigious excel
lencs. It h paradoxical that this ''out-
ward form" Of fashion, which has never
been literally in 'front.' has still left all
modistic rivals behind.
We can recall when this stsrtlingly
reproductive fruit received the distinct
impetus which has borne 1t through
successive stages to the present extraOr-
binary condition OF development The
hustle got . wondrous impetus from an
accident and alarm Of the wal. We
have intantly observed its onward
march toward immensely for more than
twenty years; and, now that 1t has
grown largo enough to comprehend this
commentary, We pay to 'ts historic
origin our respectful compliments.
The hustle OF the war period In tho
south vas cut crcscent-shaped. was
hand-sewed, and was then padded
through an open end with cotton or
sawdust Il was q modest, unObtrusive
hustle in it, manners and when proper
" adjusted was quite invisible to the
wearer and nearly 30 to the world.
Like certain lunar eclipses, 1t could be
viewed only from q very limited area
When Sherman's Christian battalions
were beaten through the backways OF
Georgia and the Carolinas it was
deemed. for prudential reasons. best to
deposit domestic treasure. such ~
money and valuables, where they would
not confront these patriots. 1t was not
1t first suspected that the soldiers would
appropriate these effects, but it was
feared that the gilt bric-a-brac. and
brooch. and bracelet jewclry might At
tract their admiration and impede their
march BY tempting them to stop and
examine the precious wares
When brought into full relief By pow
erful field lenses it was at last seen that
Sherman's Christian battaliOns were an
army Of incontinent kleptomaniacs,
aud that new ingenuities would be in
constant need to escape their keen and
acute methods Of detecting the secret
places Of hidden treasures
Hiding places were numerous in
truth. but their instincts for stealage
were quite as diverse and quite as
many.
At this crisis the hustle played q his
toric part
It became safe-desposit for imperil-
ed jewelry possessions.
Both cotton and sawdust oustles were
now brought into a new USE They
were ripped and rid Of their waste,
and then were rewadded, but this time
with small wares and valued gems.
Two abnormal effects followed. the first
being a disturbance of the symmetry
and gravity of the former hustle, the
second being q marked increase in its
proportions This made it the more
observable, and this, too, led to its
eventual detection by certain OF the SOL
diers, which discovery eliminated in
the theft Of many bustles. together with
their precious and highly-prized con-
tents.
What was next to do?
Shrewd and resourceful maidens soon
fell upon another device. There was
continual peril Of loss while the bustles
we're worn in their allotted places upon
the person. but there was hope of escape
for them il they could be successfully
concealed elsewhere. But where, oh
where: In the house? No! for Sher-
man entered with lurid fagots. In the
woods? No! for his marauders roasted
upon the boughA.
So the noble women resolved to bury
their trinke,s in the fields. The broad
acres thus became the depository of
their charms and treasures and the
earth covered up their-bustles.
See yonder dune where the tasseled
stalk is noddIng to the breeze and you
could hear the rustic of the corn-blade?
Well. once you could hear the rustic Of
the oustle. See those tiny hills whence
the hopeful germ of the happy potato is
looking toward the sum- Well. those
little hills were once sown broadcast
with those beautiful suggestions Of
architecture known in the
parlance Of worldly fashion as-bus-
tics
What became of them?
We can not answer for them all.
Nor can we repress the thought that
had they all taken root and ripened and
risen in luxuriant loveliness what .
harvest of bustles there would have
have been! But, like other tender and
precarious vegetation. bustles had to
take their chanccs-and more. too.
Some of them. ~ before. fell to the
cupidity of Sherman's Christian SOL
diers. who relentlessly uproOted them;
other. after the passage OF military
peril, were resurrected to be trans
planted elsewhere. and others still, be-
ing unmarked. we're never found by
those who had hastily and hopefully en-
tombed them.
But . great and unexpected day had
dawned for bustles. Of tho number
that were left in the earth . vast pro-
portion Of those which had been filed
with sawdust in time took root and OK
uberantly blossomed and Aourished.
Those which had contained cotton,
however. went generally to seed.
We would say here that from this
startling botanic phenomenon and the
impressive date and situation we have
been enabled to LOCATE unmistakably
the rise and progress of the American
hustle; and we been CONVINCED. too.
that nothing short Of the most pertina-
cious and painstaking care and watch
fulness could have brought this Indis-
pensaole appurtenance of modern To-
male beauty to its present cxtraordi-
nary size. vigor. and variety.
We have not spnee 10 fully present
our deductions from the Important cir
cumstances that surround the hustle or